allege
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She stole the money through the Federal Reserve facilities in New Jersey and Texas, federal prosecutors allege.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
U.S. prosecutors allege the pair are a flight risk with multiple passports, international influence and access to substantial wealth, and asked the court to keep them detained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
But anti-corruption organisations such as Transparency Venezuela and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project allege that several projects were either not finished or were carried out incorrectly.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Prosecutors allege he pushed markups beyond what his own lawyers warned him was lawful to boost his company’s revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Rockstar has denied those allegations at the employment tribunal in Glasgow and alleges workers were sacked for "gross misconduct" following the sharing of confidential information in an online forum.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Now Anthropic alleges that China's Moonshot and Deepseek have also secretly used Claude to generate answers given to its users.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Strada was referring to a lawsuit brought against Saudi Arabia's authorities by 9/11 Families United that alleges the kingdom supported the attackers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The suit alleges Altus and Pearce didn’t help with site cleanup or community assistance in the wake of the fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But if the defendant alleges new evidence that could lead to a different outcome in the case—or that undermines the reliability of the trial—there is typically a hearing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Different teams of developers have different understandings of how the system is supposed to work, the whistleblower alleged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Former employees alleged that 21 Air previously ignored protocol and suppressed safety reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
This wasn’t the first time Waymo has tattled on alleged troublemakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Police conducted dozens of raids Thursday into the alleged embezzlement of public funds by the company that produced the flattering biopic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
She was not happy about the alleged bribe, but since she had to get back to work, she didn’t make it a big deal, and his dad was traveling.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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James denied all charges, alleging that the boy had made them up to "look cool".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Celeste’s family attorney, Steinfeld, questioned the move in a statement, alleging the singer was using his companies to shield money he earned from his music career and had moved assets to his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In late 2023, the New York Times sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, its main investor, alleging that the companies' powerful artificial intelligence models used millions of articles for training without permission.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The video alleging the Patriots may have cheated on field goals.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
In a statement to police, Garrett Tison’s attorney claimed she received a phone call from Mr. Tison alleging that guards refused to put him in isolation despite his complaints about receiving threats.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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